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Refreshing November

Bauhaus in the Browser

16 November 2016 at 6pm

Our presenter, Justin McDowell

Our Topic

Attendees will get a showcase of how these new digital techniques can be applied to the web by journeying back to the past—nearly 100 years—to one of the most notable periods in the history of design: Bauhaus modernism. During this period, design was highly influential yet gleefully experimental, with strict geometry, overlapping elements, and rotated text. Attendees will see works by artist Piet Mondrian, typographer Jan Tschichold, dadaist Kurt Schwitters, and metal-worker Marianne Brandt recreated or redesigned on screen, and optimized for the new medium of mobile devices.

Our Presenter, Justin McDowell

Justin McDowell leads the visual design and front-end development for the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Before that, he worked for the Arbor Day Foundation and founded Ignite Lincoln, where he directed four sold-out shows. His proudest accomplishment, however, is a space-opera theme song he wrote for his corgi.